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9 Things You Didn’t Know About Yom Kippur

Impress your friends and family with these little-known facts about the Day of Atonement.

Not a Historical Record

Earlier this week, Ruth Franklin wrote about sharing a stage with Yann Martel and discussed whether anything new can be ...

For Just Such a Crisis

Purim is behind us. The kitchen counter is littered with nosh from lavish Purim baskets. There’s a lingering ringing in ...

A Light in the Dark

As I write this, there is a lot of negative energy in the world. There seems a force asking people ...

Eichah: Where Are We Now?

We should respond to major historical events and to personal decisions with the question, "Where are we morally?"

Zaftigs in Boston Is All About Classic Deli Food and Curvy Jewish Matriarchs

And they are serving up bowl after bowl of Nanny Fanny's chicken soup.

Conservation and Experimentation

If ritual is to create a shared language across the generations, we must ensure the Judaism we practice is recognizable both to our ancestors and descendants.

A Conversation on Being Champions of Memory

Last week our Boston community sat down for a conversation with Ayala Katz, mother of one of the victims of the ...

No really, what is a Jew?

Imagine if right before your bar mitzvah you were told that — despite the invitations in the mail — you ...

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